By Daniel Lukasik, Esq.
New York lawyer Daniel Lukasik attended his 30th high school reunion this past summer. It was an occasion that produced this gentle reflection on life, law, and the sweet victory that comes from finally discovering one’s second act:
In a few weeks I’ll turn 48, and have been out of law school for [...]
Former criminal defense and in-house lawyer Taisha Rucker used to wonder what else she could do with her law degree. Now 13 years later, she’s answered the question, and is working on a book to help law students, new grads, and burned-out lawyers who are just beginning to ask. As part of Rucker’s research, she [...]
Nearly 10 million people are collecting unemployment benefits, up from 2 ½ million two years ago. How many are lawyers? It all depends on what blogs you read. But SOME of those thousands of out-of-work lawyers and new grads should be using this downtime to re-assess their practice … even their career in law. To [...]
LawyerAvenue Press (publishers of Solo By Choice and What Can You Do With a Law Degree), is accepting book proposals for 2010. If you have an idea for a nonfiction career book for lawyers and/or new grads, contact Publications Director Mark Jaroslaw. Proposals should include a working title, a synopsis of the work, a description [...]
Sunday’s New York Times had a terrific article on what is – and is not – appropriate to say when someone close to you becomes a member of the newly unemployed (“Navigating a Delicate Subject: The Layoff of a Friend”). Reporter Alina Tugen writes, “First, hold off on the platitudes. (If) someone has lost their [...]
This month marks the longest recession since the 1930s , and the worst legal job market in decades. It’s scary out there, but Sheila Nielsen, a Chicago law career consultant and former federal prosecutor, has some suggestions for the newly unemployed. Nielsen spoke at a recent Chicago Bar Association event, and we present a few [...]
Small law firms, and other privately held companies, face another threat in this struggling economy: rising employee fraud. According to James Ratley, president of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, employee fraud – from billing and expense fraud to skimming and check tampering – tends to rise during tough economic times.
In a recent interview [...]
The National Law Journal reports that the legal sector continues to bleed jobs. 2,200 jobs in August, 1,600 in September, and 1,100 vanished in October. So far, the profession is down by nearly 16,000 jobs compared to a year ago. But what about lawyers who remain employed, but who would rather do SOMETHING else?
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